Nigel Brasier lives with a rare form of Motor Neurone Disease (MND), but that doesn’t stop ‘The Brave’ from competing on the World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) tour. An avid snooker fan from a young age, idolising the enigmatic Alex Higgins, Nigel has never been far from a cue and table. With a six-foot […]
Martin O’Donnell has spent years on and off the World Snooker Tour (WST), but he hopes that reaching his first ranking final is a sign of more to come. Having grown up in Harrow, Greater London, to parents who encouraged his early love for the game, Martin has twice had to win back his place […]
Sport provides a form of escapism for billions worldwide, often producing drama you would expect to find in a soap opera script. So often, it is the story behind the scenes that carries the true theatre. In this article, we list five sporting documentaries that we feel offer the greatest insight into the stories behind […]
It is a question that has been debated between snooker and darts fans for many years, what is the most difficult to achieve, a 147 break or a nine-darter? Both sporting accomplishments require precision, talent, and bottle to achieve. A 147 break in snooker demands the player at the table to pot 36 balls consecutively, […]
Snooker professional Ross Muir is enjoying being back on tour after winning back his tour card earlier this year, but the Edinburgh potter could have followed a much different path. Ross is a huge football fan, supporting Hearts of Midlothian, and was a talented enough goalkeeper to have been scouted by Scottish giants Celtic. Unfortunately, […]
Leicester’s Joe O’Connor has always been handy with a cue, firstly becoming a junior pool champion before breaking into snooker’s top 32 in 2023. Joe has enjoyed a fruitful 12 months on the World Snooker Tour (WST), during which time he has reached his first ranking final at the Scottish Open, a semi-final at the […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan is undoubtedly one of the greatest snooker players of all time, with a career that has spanned more than three decades, winning seven world titles along the way. Before ‘The Rocket’ became a household name, and arguably the face of his sport with, O’Sullivan had to start somewhere, and that somewhere was as […]
David Grace has been a regular on snooker’s professional tour since 2008, the same year he won the European Snooker Championships, and has successfully earned a living from the sport he loves – in more ways than one. Grace, born in Leeds in 1985, grew up playing snooker with his dad from the age of […]
Rebecca Kenna is one of the leading names on the Women’s World Snooker Tour (WWST) and reached the final of the World Mixed Doubles with Mark Selby…but she admitted that playing in front of Ronnie O’Sullivan was a “nerve-wracking” experience. Kenna, 33, is ranked number four in the world on the WWST and has had […]
This past weekend saw eight of snooker’s top male and female players compete in the World Mixed Doubles, with the hope of sparking more interest in the women’s game. The World Mixed Doubles was broadcast to a large television audience around the world, shown in the UK on ITV4, and was snooker’s first televised mixed […]
